Fpanda Club

MARCH 1, 2021

Benchmarking is an extremely powerful tool, but unfortunately, this kind of data, accumulated by consulting firms and professional associations conducting surveys and research on various adjacent topics, is not easily available or is highly fragmented. Only 25% of FP&A teams ’ time is devoted to value-added analysis.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Benchmarking Value-Added Analysis Budgeting 130

Planful

APRIL 26, 2017

According to a recent benchmark survey by APQC, the bottom performers take 12 days or more to close the books and report their results to management. Then when a last-minute change is made to a number or comment, it must be manually updated in multiple places. The best performers are able to get this done in 5 days or less.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 40

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Value-Added Analysis Auditing Benchmarking 40

Planful

AUGUST 1, 2017

If the latter is the case, Planful recently held a webinar focused on how you can automate and accelerate the financial close, consolidation, and reporting process and free up more Finance time for value-added analysis. Consolidating financial results might sound easy on the surface, but it’s more than just adding up numbers.

GAAP 40

GAAP Value-Added Analysis IFRS Auditing 40